Friendship Medal (Vietnam)
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|name = Vietnam Friendship Medal
Huy chương hữu nghị
|image = Vietnam_Friendship_Medal.png
|caption = Vietnam Friendship Medal
|presenter = Government of Vietnam
|status = Currently awarded
|type = Single-grade order
|eligibility = Foreign diplomats, world leaders
|awarded_for = Contributions to the cause of the construction and defense of Vietnam
|established = November 26, 2003
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|image2 = File:Vietnam Glorious Fighter Medal ribbon.png
|caption2 = Ribbon of the Friendship medal of Vietnam
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The Vietnam Friendship Medal is a title of honor awarded by the Government of Vietnam to foreigners who have worked in Vietnam for a certain period, and made contributions to the cause of the construction and defense of Vietnam.
Design
Decree No. 50/2006/ND-CP dated May 19, 2006 stipulates the specifications of the Friendship Medal as follows:
Article 19. “Friendship Medal”
"Red flag woven pentagonal Rayon silk medal band with two gold lines, 3 micron thick Nico-alloy plated red copper; Dimensions 38mm x 27mm x 40mm."
The medal body is a yellow circle with a diameter of 37mm, inside is a stylized gold pentangle, in the centre are two hands shaking hands in front of a globe,{{Cite web |date=2017-05-18 |title=Huy chương Hữu nghị - Huy chương Hữu nghị - BAN THI ĐUA KHEN THƯỞNG TRUNG ƯƠNG |url=http://banthiduakhenthuongtw.gov.vn:80/tabid/130/Entry/656/Default.aspx |access-date=2023-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518080354/http://banthiduakhenthuongtw.gov.vn:80/tabid/130/Entry/656/Default.aspx |archive-date=2017-05-18 }} above are the words "Friendship Medal" (red), below is the word "Vietnam" (yellow) placed on the historical wheel and two branches on both sides, material of 3 micron thick Nico-alloy gold-plated red copper.
The obverse features the National Emblem of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam surrounding the Flag of Vietnam.
Recipients
In 2013 Nancy Napier was given the award for leading training. She began work in 1994 at National Economic University.{{Cite web |last1=Economics |first1=College of Business and |last2=Wilde |first2=Allison |date=2017-10-11 |title=Nancy Napier Receives Medal of Friendship from Vietnam |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/cobe/blog/2017/10/nancy-napier-receives-medal-friendship-vietnam/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=College of Business and Economics |language=en}} In 2015 Edward Danielraj Selvanayagam received the award from the Vietnamese President for the work of World Vision International in reducing poverty in the country.{{Cite web |title=World Vision Senior Leader awarded Friendship Medal from the President of Vietnam |url=https://www.wvi.org/vietnam/article/world-vision-senior-leader-awarded-friendship-medal-president-vietnam |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=www.wvi.org |language=en}} In 2019 Susan Hammond of the War Legacies Project received the award.{{Cite web |title=Susan Hammond |url=https://www.warlegacies.org/susan-hammond |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=War Legacies Project |language=en}}